 | The reason why Liverpool’s worst season under Jurgen Klopp can be a one-off |
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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter ??s seasons at Anfield have tended to end with everything riding on the last game: qualification or winning the Champions League. Even the one that didn’t, in 2020, could culminate in a celebration, with already champions of England for the first time in 30 years. Last season threatened to be Liverpool’s greatest, when they closed in on a quadruple. “It was clear from a specific point on it would not be a historically good season,” said Klopp. Perhaps that specific point was the opening league game, and a disjointed, disappointing first hour against promoted Fulham.
Without him, with Roberto Firmino starting only 12 league games, there has been a different dynamic in the attack.
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